My Pittsburgh regional food and wine correspondent, aka Mom, reports that the cheekily named Chlilean wine, Royal Bitch Chardonnay is quite lovely. Minnesota oenephile, Doug Fridley blogs its praises too – calling it “crisp and racey” without that “toasty oak” flavor of California Chardonnays. Sounds nice.
Mom wasn’t that keen on the Royal Bitch Merlot – too acidic, she thought. Lenn Thompson of Lenndevours
concurs, saying it looked like Welch’s grape juice and smelled of “turpentine funk.”